Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/19/trump-appointed-judge-permanently-blocks-bidens-oil-and-gas-leasing-moratorium Fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters has accounted for an estimated 25% of all U.S. carbon emissions since 2005. JAKE JOHNSON August 19, 2022 A Trump-appointed federal judge in Louisiana issued a permanent injunction Thursday against President Joe … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Turning up the heat in our homes shouldn’t mean turning up levels of pollution and, thankfully, the future of heating is looking cleaner. The Department of Energy has proposed the first meaningful update to efficiency standards for … Continued
This evangelical climate scientist is dispelling myths that Christianity prevents you from taking the climate crisis seriously. Katharine Hayhoe is the co-director of the Climate Center at Texas Tech University and the co-founder of Science Moms, an organization formed by … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): The Gila River in southwestern New Mexico is one of the most endangered rivers in the United States. Currently, the river is the only one in New Mexico that runs without a dam. But this may … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/17/federal-court-strikes-down-ruling-blocked-bidens-drilling-moratorium “Today’s decision demonstrates how flawed the preliminary injunction issued in June 2021 was, and that Interior must quickly take action to reform the federal fossil fuel program,” said one environmental lawyer. JULIA CONLEY August 17, 2022 Climate … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This week President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law delivering real change on health care, climate, and tax policy and it’s all thanks to YOU! We also want to thank the lawmakers … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): The biggest investment in climate action in U.S. history is now law.1 This win was decades in the making. You spoke up for our climate and made this victory possible. The Inflation Reduction Act isn’t perfect; … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Take Action! Go to https://www.regulations.gov/document/BOEM-2022-0031-0001 to submit a comment about the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program, which will determine how many ocean sites will be leased for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/12/arctic-warming-nearly-four-times-faster-earth-whole-study-finds “Scientific data keeps showing that the situation is more urgent than we had previously thought.” JULIA CONLEY August 12, 2022 Scientists have been underestimating how rapidly the Arctic is heating up compared to the Earth as a whole, … Continued
